Light Strawberry Crop Forecast in Victoria District
A Victoria and Islands district report from the Department of Agriculture notes a light strawberry crop across the province while tomato and cucumber harvests rise. Cool unsettled weather, including a June 3 cold spell and a brief heavy shower on June 8, slowed ripening though picking continues. Shipments begin with carloads from the Victoria district on June 9 and 10 as greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers rise.
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Victoria and Islands
Department of Agriculture
Victoria
Prairie
Hothouse Association Reports Mixed Week Produce
The Victoria Co operative Hothouse Association saw weekly receipts around 425 dozen cucumbers and 550 crates of tomatoes for the week ending June 9. Local green peas are on the market and other vegetables show satisfactory growth.
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Victoria Co-operative Hothouse Association
Escapes Big Forest Fire Loss in British Columbia
British Columbia reports lighter fire losses this year with 470 fires to date, down from 781 last year. Humidity is high across districts keeping hazards low. Southern Interior leads with 134 outbreaks, followed by Prince Rupert 112, Vancouver 99, Prince George 61, Cariboo 40, and Kamloops 24, all described as normal.
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British Columbia
Provincial Forest Service
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Prince George
Cariboo
Kamloops
Men See by Radio Apparatus Promising Moving Images
Washington reports a new radio device enabling viewers to see moving pictures. The invention projects images through radio waves, suggesting a future where households could watch broadcasts with audio. Researchers claim practical tests may follow.
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Washington
Invention Demonstration Lets Officials View Distant Action
C Francis Jenkins showcased a "radio eye" system in Washington, letting officials view a moving object miles away via light flashes to a photo-electric cell. Secretary Wilbur and Dr. Burgess observed the test, noting the projected stills create movement like a film.
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C. Francis Jenkins
Washington
Wilbur
George M. Burgess
Bureau of Standards
Naval Radio
Buffalo relocation from Wainwright to Edmonton
Buffaloes are moved from Wainwright National Park to Edmonton to ease congestion. They will be tagged to monitor interbreeding with wood bison as they travel by river scows across the Athabasca with ten weekly shipments planned, each about two hundred animals.
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Wainwright
Wainwright National Park
Edmonton
Athabasca
Twenty Years Ago in a City We Remember
A reflective columns piece recalls odd, colorful lines from two decades past. Vivid snippets show social quirks, fashion cues, and quirky slang reflecting everyday life and local manners of the era.
Buffaloes Thrill Cowboys In Far Alberta Herd Move
More than 200 head of buffalo are moved from the local area to Wood Buffalo Park eight hundred miles into Alberta's hinterland. Cowboys discover managing a buffalo herd is far tougher than cattle work as negotiations proceed.
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Wainwright
Wood Buffalo Park
Alberta
The Old Cans and Henry Ford
A poem contemplates the fate of metal cans discarded nationwide. It imagines enormous waste from Salt Lake to Tampa Bay and hints a hidden chute delivering discarded tin to Henry Ford.
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Salt Lake
Tampa Bay
Henry Ford
Is There a Hell A Negro Pastor Speaks On Oil Axles
A newly appointed pastor of a negro church addresses a packed audience with a sermon on hell. He uses a folk tale about two axles at the poles and oil in the world to illustrate divine order and the fate of sinners who steal the Lord’s oil from wells in several states and countries, warning that when all the oil is exhausted the axles will overheat and that will be hell.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mexico
Russia
Canadian Pension Costs and Ranch News Across Provinces
Canada spent 49,056,179 last year on pensions for veterans of the Great War. Prince Edward Island votes to become disease free by a two thirds cattle-owner tally. Two thousand buffalo from the Wainwright herd trek 700 miles to the Slave River reserve. Muskrat farms expand across North America turning marshland productive. Acme’s 114-horse field work record is surpassed at Gadsby. J B Ball’s 100 acre crop had 39 outfits and 175 horses at work in one day. Manna the horse wins the English Derby and travels to China via Canada. Chateau Lake Louise reopens after nine months rebuilt amid extreme cold. King George and Queen Mary tour Wembley. Duke and Duchess of York visit. Canada to send exhibits to Dunedin 1925–26. Government and CPR plan participation. provinces and manufacturers likely to follow.
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Acme
C. W. King
Gadsby
Alberta
J. B. Ball
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